Example sentences of "[vb mod] be of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When experimenting with objects or materials for potential tank decor , the health and safety of the fish should be of paramount importance . |
| 2 | If so , then the child 's interests and rights should be defended , and meeting the child 's needs should be of paramount importance . |
| 3 | Play Therapy should be of great use to anyone involved in the care of children who might need counselling , and it would also be interesting reading for anyone working with children or interested in counselling them . |
| 4 | The publication as a whole has been designed with ease of reference in mind and its advice should be of great value and interest to anyone involved in professional training . |
| 5 | The presence of Tracy Austin , America 's pig-tailed youngster of the late seventies , should be of great interest to the modern day tennis lover following her recent comeback exploits . |
| 6 | David Wray ( 1983 ) describes another program type which should be of great interest to the reading teacher . |
| 7 | We have been liaising with those bodies who are surveying associated areas in this field , but the additional information we gather here should be of great use in future policy-making . |
| 8 | The lessons learnt should be of great value to the analysis of other countries in the process of transition . |
| 9 | Clarification of issues such as these should be of great significance to both business strategy and government policy . |
| 10 | Such features may have increased the cost slightly and perhaps put the encyclopedia beyond the reach of individual purchasers , but they should be of great help to reference librarians and readers . |
| 11 | But in advising that the switched cable links into homes should be of narrow band width coaxial cable rather than optical fibre , the information-technology panel was being short sighted , according to some observers . |
| 12 | The Abdication was an issue where British public opinion , not intransigent foreigners or intractable facts , was likely to be decisive , and one on which , therefore , his old gifts of timing , mood creation , and putting an adversary in the wrong , should be of pre-eminent value . |
| 13 | ( The composition of the Sun and the Earth being what they are it is natural that the effusions on the Sun should be of fiery matter whereas those on the Earth should be of water vapour . ) |
| 14 | Facts selected should be of critical importance to understanding of a principle . |
| 15 | At age 11 , the SAT should be of greater length and complexity , and the pupil 's response might be mainly but not exclusively written . |
| 16 | Mail-order companies selling hampers usually reserve the right to swap items if necessary , but they should be of similar type and value . |
| 17 | So we can put some limits on the project : the chairs must be upholstered ; modern in the simplicity of their lines but not ‘ Cubist ’ for want of a better term ; easy on the eye and bottom ; they should fit in with other existing furniture ; and naturally should be of strong construction so that they will be heirloom quality . |
| 18 | Instead of nutrient content per 100 g , the authorities have related their figures to average portion sizes , which should be of practical value to dietitians , health care workers and the food industry . |
| 19 | Data collection should be of immediate practical in the formulation and evaluation of assistance programmes in Zambia . |
| 20 | Young growing fish need a high quality diet , not only should the protein content be high ( around 40% ) but it should be of good quality and be readily digestible . |
| 21 | Sections required for teaching purposes do not need to meet the stringent requirements of those used for research , but they should be of good standard ; they are , after all , the primary material on which all geologists are trained . |
| 22 | Why this should be of such importance in the minds of you and me , and all the others from the world of the nineteen-forties I do not know . |
| 23 | If possible , the T 1 observation should be of such a nature as to minimize reaction of this kind . |
| 24 | Only a 1 , b 1 , and b 2 , vibrations give IR bands ; four of these should be of one type ( a 1 ) and two each of the other types . |
| 25 | The view that applied studies should be of equal value and status with the theoretical is far too little understood in this country , almost alone in the world . |
| 26 | All new replacement PCs should be of higher specification than existing machines , which will then be freed for stand-alone use , and it is recommended that SCSI boards should be installed for the more efficient use of peripherals . |
| 27 | Three of the news stories or feature articles should be of 350 words or more and one should give a pupils ' view of what the next Government 's education policies should be . |
| 28 | When any goods are bought they should be of merchantable quality . |
| 29 | The goods should be of merchantable quality |
| 30 | The goods should be of merchantable quality |